How Long For Brunell?

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Originally Posted by Southpaw

Absolutely nothing. The 29 picks he threw last season was entirely the fault of the receivers and offensive line.

Seriously, I think that Brett Favre is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game, but he has lost some of the intangibles that have made him so great. There were plenty of seasons where he was the only reason the Packers were any good, but he can't just bomb the ball 50 yards down field, off of his back foot, as accurately as he used to. And he can't zip the ball in the tight spaces he used to. It's party due to the players around him, but you're kidding yourself if you think none of it is him.

The only reason I even brought up Favre was to make the point that a players skills do deteriorate with age. Just like Brunell, who used to be a running gunslinger, five years ago...

I am not sure I think it's even possible to lose intangibles. I'd say al ot of it fell on him but I think it is because he has a tendency to try to do more than what he should really do. I n fact I think our QB needs to get just a smidge of that in him and we may win that game last night. As far as physically I think he holds up pretty well when compared to himself over the years. Certainly he might be a bit slower or less agile but not terribly so. He's a wanton make plays type of guy and on a team with no one on the other side of the equation to hold up that side of the play his throw caution to wind approach doesn't work well at all.